Blog Post #4 (Privacy)

     The issues of privacy that appeared because of technology affects everyone like people are able to access someone's social media to know what kind of person they are, what jobs they have, and what they look like. With mass surveillance technology and telephone companies wiretapping information, everyone is being watched at all time and they don't know it. This information might be useful in stopping terrorists or catching criminals, but the cost of security is the loss of privacy from the government. With social media and the internet being so widespread, posting anything online will saved even if you delete it. This can cause problems because the posts can resurface anytime and can cause even more problems and rumors, especially when people are seeing it for the first time and they don't know if the post is new or old. Some things that we can do to protect ourselves is to watch what we post on social media, read the fine prints for anything, and don't give away your personal information easily.